Carbon Cycle Science - Climate projections for the future based on the path of carbon through our environment. [U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth Science Research Laboratory]

Climate Change Atlas - The Climate Change Atlas documents the current and possible future distribution of 134 tree species and 147 bird species in the Eastern United States and gives detailed information on environmental characteristics defining these distributions. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service]

Climate Change Indicators in the United States - This indicator describes how sea level has changed over time. The indicator describes two types of sea level changes: absolute and relative. [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

Climate Change Policy: Updates - Webcast - Webcast of a talk given at the Library of Congress by Dr. Peter C. Frumhoff, Ph.D., Union of Concerned Scientists, in November 2012. [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

Climate and Land Use Change - Scientific research, monitoring, remote sensing, modeling, synthesis, and forecasting to address the effects of climate and land use change on the Nation’s resources. [U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]

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EPA Climate Change Site - Offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society – communities, individuals, business, states and localities, and governments [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

ESRL - Global Monitoring Division - Conducts research related to atmospheric constituents that are capable of forcing change in the climate of the Earth or that may deplete the ozone layer [U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]

Earth - Explores the Earth's air, land and seas to learn more about our home planet and understand how other planetary systems may work [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)]

Eastern Earth Surface Processes - Homepage for the Eastern Earth Surface Processes Team with research studies in two general categories: climate change and geologic mapping. Links to research activities, available data sets, GIS lab, and publications [U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]

Energy and Environment at Lawrence Livermore - Pursues programs and performs key research in water and environment, energy, carbon and climate, the national nuclear waste repository, and aspects of homeland and national security. [U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)]

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Geosciences - Research programs support research and related activities that advance fundamental understanding of dynamic physical, biological, and socioeconomic systems as well as interactions among those systems [U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)]

Global Climate Change - The United States is taking a leading role in addressing climate change by advancing an ever-expanding suite of measures. We have initiated a number of polices and partnerships that span a wide range of initiatives from reducing our emissions at home to developing transformational low-carbon technologies to improving observations systems that will help us better understand and address the possible impacts of climate change. Our efforts emphasize the importance of results-driven action both inter [U.S. Department of State]

Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) - Prediction of atmospheric and climate changes in the 21st century based on research of global datasets [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Information and data on emissions of greenhouse gases to Earth’s atmosphere and the removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

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Mapping Water Use from Space - Webcast - Webcast of a talk at the Library of Congress. Martha Anderson, PhD., talks about using images from the Landsat satellite program to monitor water use and drought on U.S. farms. It is used to measure evapotranspiration, the total amount of water used in the process of growing crops. [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

Microbiology and the Environment - Describes the USGS's current research efforts into fish and wildlife health and disease, climate change, microbial ecology, public health and water quality, geomicrobiology, and ecosystem function. [U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Microbiology]

My Winter in Greenland and Summer in Antarctica - Webcast at Library of Congress by Dr. Lora Koenig.,Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA, speaking about experiences spending months on the ice in challenging darkness, temperatures and winds. [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

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NOAA Unmanned Aircraft System - This site provides information about measures that effect the world that can only be discovered via unmanned aircrafts. The system established test bed research and operations for climate change, hurricanes, Pacific storms, fisheries enforcement, and protection of marine sanctuaries and endangered species. [U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - Serves as a focus for research on atmospheric and related science problems to understand the earth system, including climate change, weather, and the impacts of all of these components on human societies [U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)]

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The Signs of Climate Change - The signs of global climate change and what additional changes we'll see in the future. [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

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U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit - The toolkit provides resources and a framework for understanding and addressing the climate issues that impact people and their communities. [U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]

USFWS - Conservation in a Changing Climate - Information on helping reduce the impacts of climate change on fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats. [U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

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Western Mountain Initiative - The Western Mountain Initiative is a team of USGS and USDA Forest Service scientists working together to better understand and predict the responses of Western mountain ecosystems to climatic variability and change, emphasizing sensitivities, thresholds, resistance, and resilience. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service; U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]